And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why the heaps lay so.

and Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,

Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites, as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.

"Hezekiah questioned" in order to know whether the ministering priests and Levites had had their maintenance out of the tithes, and whether the accumulation which he saw was clear surplus.

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.

Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps--The object of his enquiries was to ascertain whether the supplies afforded the prospect of a sufficient maintenance for the members of the sacred order.

Questioned - How it came to pass that no more of their provision was spent and that there yet remained such great heaps of it.